Definitions of levy [ˈlɛv i]

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Definition of 'levy'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) levy
an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.

2.  levy
the amount owed or collected.

3.  levy
the conscription of troops.

4.  levy
the troops conscripted.

5. (v.t.) levy
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.):
to levy a duty on imports.

6.  levy
to conscript (troops).

7.  levy
to start or wage (war).

8. (v.i.) levy
to seize or attach property by judicial order.

Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME leve(e) < MF, n. use of fem. ptp. of lever to raise; see levee²)

Definition of 'levy'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) levy
a charge imposed and collected

2. (verb) levy, levy en masse
the act of drafting into military service

3. (verb) levy, impose
impose and collect
"levy a fine"

4. (verb) recruit, levy, raise
cause to assemble or enlist in the military
"raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"

Definition of 'levy'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) levy
a name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d

2. (noun) levy
the act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc

3. (noun) levy
that which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc

4. (noun) levy
the taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution

5. (verb) levy
to raise, as a siege

6. (verb) levy
to raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc

7. (verb) levy
to raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions

8. (verb) levy
to gather or exact; as, to levy money

9. (verb) levy
to erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc

10. (verb) levy
to take or seize on execution; to collect by execution

11. (verb) levy
to seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods

Translation of 'levy'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to raise or collect (especially an army or a tax) A tax was levied on tabacco.
Afrikaans: heffing	Arabic: يَفْرِض ضَريبَه، يُجَنِّد	Bulgarian: налагам
Brazilian: lançar	Czech: uložit; odvádět	German: auferlegen
Danish: pålægge	Greek: επιβάλλω φόρο, συγκεντρών	Spanish: recaudar
Estonian: koguma	Farsi: جمع آوری کردن	Finnish: kantaa
French: prélever, percevoir	Hebrew: לִגבּוֹת	Hindi: उगाहना
Croatian: podići, pokupiti	Hungarian: kivet, beszed	Indonesian: memungut
Icelandic: leggjaá/innheimta skatta;	Italian: imporre; riscuotere	Japanese: 徴集する
Korean: 징세하다	Lithuanian: imti, rinkti (mokesčius,	Latvian: ievākt (nodokļus); aplikt
Malay: levi	Dutch: heffen	Norwegian: skrive ut, pålegge
Polish: przeprowadzić pobór wojsk	Persian: جمع آوری کردن	Pashto: راټولول،جمع كول
Portuguese: lançar	Romanian: a percepe	Russian: собирать (налоги); набира
Slovak: uložiť; odvádzať	Slovenian: odmeriti davek	Serbian: nametati porez
Swedish: lägga på, sätta upp	Thai: เก็บภาษี	Turkish: toplamak
Taiwanese: 徵招(士兵)，徵收(稅金)	Ukrainian: стягувати, збирати	Urdu: عائد کرنا، وصول کرنا
Vietnamese: đánh thuế	Chinese: 征召，征税
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